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Species Parallelia bistriaris - Maple Looper - Hodges#8727

Representative Images

Maple Looper Moth? - Parallelia bistriaris Parallelia bistriaris Moth - Parallelia bistriaris Maple Looper - Parallelia bistriaris Parallelia bistriaris? - Parallelia bistriaris lepidoptera ?? - Parallelia bistriaris Moth to porch light - Parallelia bistriaris Brown Moth - Parallelia bistriaris
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Parallelia
Species bistriaris (Maple Looper - Hodges#8727)

Hodges Number

8727

Other Common Names

Parallélie de L’Erable - En français.… Ilze V-G.

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parallelia bistriaris Hübner, 1818
Ascalapha bistra Hübner, 1808 (rejected nomenclature)
synonym Poaphila amplissima Walker, 1858
Phylogenetic sequence # 930961

Size

Wingspan 3.3-4.3 cm.
Larvae to 35 mm. (1)

Identification

Dark brown, two parallel lighter lines, grey edge to forewing

Range

Eastern North America. (2), (3), (4), (5)

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

Adults are most common from March-September. (5)

Food

Larvae feed on a variety of trees, including birch, maples, walnut.
Maple (Acer rubrum). (1)

Life Cycle

Life cycle images:
larva; older larva; adult

Print References

Covell, plate 31 #21, p. 169. (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)
Canadian Forestry Service Biodiversity
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Works Cited

1.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
2.South Carolina Moth Species
3.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 April, 2004 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 2 March, 2021 - 9:27am

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